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Recovering Land from Animal Agriculture for Climate Solutions
A constitutional case was filed in Peru by two students at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima. Thanks to Climate Healers CEO Dr. Sailesh Rao” for sharing this legal brief with us. The purpose of the brief is to show that recovering and reforesting the land currently used by animal agriculture will […]
CBS News interviews Climate Diet CEO at World Environment Day Festival
Getting the word out, always on the “to do” list of Climate Diet CEO Jane DeMarines, was helped with CBS affiliate WUSA TV interview at Sunday’s World Environment Day Festival. Climate Diet was one of 3 sponsors of the large event that welcomed as many as 5,000 Washingtonians at the nearly all-day festival, led by […]
Mexico Elects First Female President to Break Sexist ‘Machista’ Grip
The Telegraph reports that Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected Mexico’s first ever female president in a historic result. Dr Sheinbaum, 61, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, is a member of the leftist Morena party and the handpicked successor to populist Andres Manuel López Obrador. Dr Sheinbaum, 61, of the leftist Morena […]
AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat
An Associated Press analysis of federal data shows that about 2,300 people in the United States died in the summer of 2023 with their death certificates mentioning the effects of excessive heat David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona’s […]
Planet Maryland Returns to Elm Street Urban Park Event Celebrates World Environment Day
(Bethesda, MD) 5-29-24 Five thousand attendees are expected at Planet Maryland at Elm Street Urban Park in Bethesda, Maryland (formerly Planet Bethesda) on Sunday, June 2nd from 11 am until 6pm. The family-friendly festival features 60+ food, beverage, and retail vendors focused on sustainability in celebration of World Environment Day. “We’re beyond excited to bring […]
Water temps soar in Florida Keys. Can coral reefs stand another bout of extreme heat?
Florida’s coral reefs experienced the deadliest bleaching event in history last summer, a toll largely caused by record hot coastal waters. Now, water temperatures in the Florida Keys are already approaching the coral danger zone — earlier and hotter than last year. It was enough for federal scientists to issue the earliest ever coral bleaching […]
World Health Organization Head Calls for Plant-Based Diet Shift
Climate Diet joins growing number urging dietary shifts The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said a shift towards more plant-based diets is “essential” for the health of people and planet. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s Director-General, made the comments in a video during COP28, the UN Climate Summit in Dubai in December […]
Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage
Vermont is poised to pass a groundbreaking measure forcing major polluting companies to help pay for damages caused by the climate crisis, in a move being closely watched by other states including New York and California. Modeled after the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program, which forces companies to pay for toxic waste cleanup, the climate superfund bill would […]
Belfast Endorses Global Treaty to Promote Climate-Friendly Food Systems
Northern Ireland’s capital city, Belfast, has joined five other UK councils and major world major cities such as Amsterdam and Los Angeles in signing on to a campaign to curb climate change by curbing humanity’s appetite for meat, vegconomist reported. The global Plant Based Treaty calls for the cessation of land use change and ecosystem […]
Climate Crisis Could Cost $38 Trillion a Year by 2050; Prevention Much Cheaper
Damage to farming, infrastructure, productivity, and health from climate change will cost an estimated $38 trillion per year by mid-century, according to a German government-backed study, Riham Alkousaa reported for Reuters. Yet less than a sixth of that amount is all it would cost to limit global warming to within 2 degrees Celsius (3.6F) of […]
